1901 Dartmouth vs. Brown Broadside

 1901 was a rebuilding year for Dartmouth after three successive years of failures, particularly against rivals Brown and Wesleyan.  Walter McCornack, Dartmouth ’97 was brought in as head coach and John W. Bowler (ex-assistant trainer at Harvard) was hired for his well-known expertise.

From left to right in this very unusual Dartmouth vs. Brown broadside, announcing the November 28^th game, are trainer John W. Bowler, Captain J.C. O’Connor and head coach Walter McCornack.  This is an important piece of Dartmouth football’s “reconstruction” era history.

McCornack had been Captain of the Dartmouth football team in 1895 and 1896. After graduating he spent three years coaching Phillips Exeter and then came back to coach Dartmouth in 1901 and 1902.

J.C. O’Connor, Captain of the 1901 team went on to coach football at Bowdoin, Andover and other institutions before returning to Dartmouth as head coach in 1907 and 1908.

John Bowler, the ex-Harvard assistant trainer spent many years at Dartmouth, besides football, in a number of capacities, including coaching track and gymnastics.

Dartmouth’s record for 1901 was 10 and 1, losing only to Harvard.

This book, Three Years of Football of Dartmouth, is exclusive to the 1901, 1902 and 1903 football seasons.